Which to use
“signés” is a verb and “soigné” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #10,786
- “signés” frequency rank
- #10,948
- “soigné” frequency rank
- 21734
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | signés | soigné |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin pluriel de signer. | Qui est fait avec soin, où l’on voit du soin. |
Letter map: signés vs soigné
Shared letters muted; letters that set signés and soigné apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.
Part-of-speech tell for signés / soigné
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: signés is averb and soignéanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 5 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21734, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
signés is recorded at frequency rank #10,786, classified as averb, pronounced \si.ɲe\. soigné is at rank #10,948, tagged as anadj.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 21734, this pair ranks #361,694 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of signés vs soigné
Shared letters: ginsé. Private to "signés": -. Private to "soigné": o.
"signés" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "soigné" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "signés" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "soigné" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #361,694 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "signés" and "soigné" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "signés vs sires". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #361,694 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.